Legal Opinion
People v. Bobo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 3, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Appelman, J.), rendered December 9, 1994, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The trial court’s closure of the courtroom during the testimony of two undercover officers was improper. At a hearing pursuant to People v Hinton (31 NY2d 71, cert denied 410 US 911), undercover officer 726 testified that he was not currently working in the area of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. HintonNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. AlvaradoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. CepedaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. PankeyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by4 opinions
- Andre Brown v. Robert Kuhlmann, Superintendent of Sullivan Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Ayala v. SpeckardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- People v. BaldomeroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Steven Ayala v. Hubert Speckard, Superintendent of Groveland Correctional Facility, Charles Okonkwo v. Peter J. Lacy, Superintendent of Bare Hill Correctional Facility, Howard Pearson v. Charles James, Superintendent of Collins Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997